EDit: 3/20/2013: My friend just finished reading this book about 10 minutes ago, and she made an insightful comment that I personally believe has some merit. What was this comment? "Maybe Eve thinks that punctuation is like training wheels. Once you get the general idea of what you're doing, you no longer need them." It would explain so much.

I give up. As many of you know, I'm basically a glutton for punishment. I like reading shitty books, but I would seriously rather stab myself in the eyes than continue to read this book. LEARN TO USE YOUR GODDAMN FUCKING PUNCTUATION! I'm just going to stop here before this deteriorates into an angry expletive filled rant. Instead of a long review, I'll make a list of things that I did and didn't like about this book

Things I didn't like:
1) The disjointed/awkwardly written sentences. Examples:

"The air was heavy with sexual tension and chemistry, Amy not daring to look at Jesse for too long, refusing to meet his eyes with her own for fear of losing control of her car."

"'So what would you like to do on Saturday? x' Amy seductively text summoning a tiny morsel of courage from somewhere deep within her."

"The smile that played softly on her lips was for real this time."


2) The shitty punctuation. Examples:

"....... Amy knew the answer but decided to ignore it."
Yep, that's right. SHE USED FUCKING 7 OF THEM!

"The butterflies that were busy skitting to and fro in her belly were beginning to make her feel nauseous and so making a conscious effort to try and slow her breathing down she eventually succeeded in calming herself sufficiently enough to make her escape."

All hail Eve, the Queen of Run-on Sentences.

3) We're supposed to feel bad for Amy because she was abused. That's basically it. Amy is not a likeable character, and trying to basically guilt readers into liking her is a sneaky ploy that I don't appreciate. Is it sad that she was abused? Yes. Do I still want to push her off a cliff? Yes. The fact that she was abused does not negate the fact that she's annoying as all fuck.

4) The price of a physical copy of this book. $32 after shipping and handling for a good book is absurd. $32 after shipping and handling for a flaming dogshit on a stick of a book is... what's a word stronger than absurd?

5) The lack of time-frames. I honestly didn't even know if minutes, hours, days, or weeks had passed. Why? Because Eve apparently had some kind of falling out with time-frames. I really wish they'd make up with each other. It would make reading this crap a little more bearable.

Things I did like:
1) The fact that I was smart enough to stop reading it. Other than that, nothing. This book is crap.

Basically, if my English teacher got his hands on this book, he would red pen the living shit out of it.

Dear Eve,

(I know what you're all thinking, my letters at the end are usually mean, but this one isn't! Well.. it sort of isn't.)

You didn't spam me, so I don't really have an issue with you for that. What I do have an issue with, is the fact that you published this book when it clearly wasn't ready for the public. For the love of all that is holy in this fucking world, GET A FUCKING EDITOR BEFORE YOU PUBLISH SHIT. Oh, and dump PublishAmerica. No one would pay $32 dollars or more for a good book unless it was:
1) A limited/first edition
2) Signed by a famous author (even this is questionable)
3) A combination of 1 and 2
If no one would pay that much for a good book written by a well known and well respected author, why would they pay that much for a hack job written by someone that they've never heard of?

Thanks,
Ade

P.S. I lied. It was kind of mean. ( )

EDit: 3/20/2013: My friend just finished reading this book about 10 minutes ago, and she made an insightful comment that I personally believe has some merit. What was this comment? "Maybe Eve thinks that punctuation is like training wheels. Once you get the general idea of what you're doing, you no longer need them." It would explain so much.

I give up. As many of you know, I'm basically a glutton for punishment. I like reading shitty books, but I would seriously rather stab myself in the eyes than continue to read this book. LEARN TO USE YOUR GODDAMN FUCKING PUNCTUATION! I'm just going to stop here before this deteriorates into an angry expletive filled rant. Instead of a long review, I'll make a list of things that I did and didn't like about this book

Things I didn't like:
1) The disjointed/awkwardly written sentences. Examples:

"The air was heavy with sexual tension and chemistry, Amy not daring to look at Jesse for too long, refusing to meet his eyes with her own for fear of losing control of her car."

"'So what would you like to do on Saturday? x' Amy seductively text summoning a tiny morsel of courage from somewhere deep within her."

"The smile that played softly on her lips was for real this time."


2) The shitty punctuation. Examples:

"....... Amy knew the answer but decided to ignore it."
Yep, that's right. SHE USED FUCKING 7 OF THEM!

"The butterflies that were busy skitting to and fro in her belly were beginning to make her feel nauseous and so making a conscious effort to try and slow her breathing down she eventually succeeded in calming herself sufficiently enough to make her escape."

All hail Eve, the Queen of Run-on Sentences.

3) We're supposed to feel bad for Amy because she was abused. That's basically it. Amy is not a likeable character, and trying to basically guilt readers into liking her is a sneaky ploy that I don't appreciate. Is it sad that she was abused? Yes. Do I still want to push her off a cliff? Yes. The fact that she was abused does not negate the fact that she's annoying as all fuck.

4) The price of a physical copy of this book. $32 after shipping and handling for a good book is absurd. $32 after shipping and handling for a flaming dogshit on a stick of a book is... what's a word stronger than absurd?

5) The lack of time-frames. I honestly didn't even know if minutes, hours, days, or weeks had passed. Why? Because Eve apparently had some kind of falling out with time-frames. I really wish they'd make up with each other. It would make reading this crap a little more bearable.

Things I did like:
1) The fact that I was smart enough to stop reading it. Other than that, nothing. This book is crap.

Basically, if my English teacher got his hands on this book, he would red pen the living shit out of it.

Dear Eve,

(I know what you're all thinking, my letters at the end are usually mean, but this one isn't! Well.. it sort of isn't.)

You didn't spam me, so I don't really have an issue with you for that. What I do have an issue with, is the fact that you published this book when it clearly wasn't ready for the public. For the love of all that is holy in this fucking world, GET A FUCKING EDITOR BEFORE YOU PUBLISH SHIT. Oh, and dump PublishAmerica. No one would pay $32 dollars or more for a good book unless it was:
1) A limited/first edition
2) Signed by a famous author (even this is questionable)
3) A combination of 1 and 2
If no one would pay that much for a good book written by a well known and well respected author, why would they pay that much for a hack job written by someone that they've never heard of?

Thanks,
Ade

P.S. I lied. It was kind of mean. ( )

EDit: 3/20/2013: My friend just finished reading this book about 10 minutes ago, and she made an insightful comment that I personally believe has some merit. What was this comment? "Maybe Eve thinks that punctuation is like training wheels. Once you get the general idea of what you're doing, you no longer need them." It would explain so much.

I give up. As many of you know, I'm basically a glutton for punishment. I like reading shitty books, but I would seriously rather stab myself in the eyes than continue to read this book. LEARN TO USE YOUR GODDAMN FUCKING PUNCTUATION! I'm just going to stop here before this deteriorates into an angry expletive filled rant. Instead of a long review, I'll make a list of things that I did and didn't like about this book

Things I didn't like:
1) The disjointed/awkwardly written sentences. Examples:

"The air was heavy with sexual tension and chemistry, Amy not daring to look at Jesse for too long, refusing to meet his eyes with her own for fear of losing control of her car."

"'So what would you like to do on Saturday? x' Amy seductively text summoning a tiny morsel of courage from somewhere deep within her."

"The smile that played softly on her lips was for real this time."


2) The shitty punctuation. Examples:

"....... Amy knew the answer but decided to ignore it."
Yep, that's right. SHE USED FUCKING 7 OF THEM!

"The butterflies that were busy skitting to and fro in her belly were beginning to make her feel nauseous and so making a conscious effort to try and slow her breathing down she eventually succeeded in calming herself sufficiently enough to make her escape."

All hail Eve, the Queen of Run-on Sentences.

3) We're supposed to feel bad for Amy because she was abused. That's basically it. Amy is not a likeable character, and trying to basically guilt readers into liking her is a sneaky ploy that I don't appreciate. Is it sad that she was abused? Yes. Do I still want to push her off a cliff? Yes. The fact that she was abused does not negate the fact that she's annoying as all fuck.

4) The price of a physical copy of this book. $32 after shipping and handling for a good book is absurd. $32 after shipping and handling for a flaming dogshit on a stick of a book is... what's a word stronger than absurd?

5) The lack of time-frames. I honestly didn't even know if minutes, hours, days, or weeks had passed. Why? Because Eve apparently had some kind of falling out with time-frames. I really wish they'd make up with each other. It would make reading this crap a little more bearable.

Things I did like:
1) The fact that I was smart enough to stop reading it. Other than that, nothing. This book is crap.

Basically, if my English teacher got his hands on this book, he would red pen the living shit out of it.

Dear Eve,

(I know what you're all thinking, my letters at the end are usually mean, but this one isn't! Well.. it sort of isn't.)

You didn't spam me, so I don't really have an issue with you for that. What I do have an issue with, is the fact that you published this book when it clearly wasn't ready for the public. For the love of all that is holy in this fucking world, GET A FUCKING EDITOR BEFORE YOU PUBLISH SHIT. Oh, and dump PublishAmerica. No one would pay $32 dollars or more for a good book unless it was:
1) A limited/first edition
2) Signed by a famous author (even this is questionable)
3) A combination of 1 and 2
If no one would pay that much for a good book written by a well known and well respected author, why would they pay that much for a hack job written by someone that they've never heard of?

Thanks,
Ade

P.S. I lied. It was kind of mean. ( )

Not for me.